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JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) — Mississippi will have a chance to become the 34th state to legalize the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes.
On the November ballot there will be not one but two medical marijuana options vying for your vote. Initiative 65 or 65A.
Initiative 65 would allow medical marijuana treatment for more than 20 specified qualifying conditions. Alternative 65A which would restrict the ability to use marijuana to terminally ill patients.
Mississippi entrepreneur and advocate for initiative 65, Adam McAdory was Diagnosed with cancer at the age of 38. Undergoing chemotherapy, he was prescribed multiple meds that made him feel lethargic. He says things turned for the better when a friend who has been through the same thing told him to try an edible gummy.
“As I sat in the infusion room at the cancer center all I could think…
